Root __________________________ Meaning ___________________ Examples
audi _______________________________ hear ___________________________ audition, audience capit,caput __________________________ head ___________________________ cap, capital
cor, cord,car _________________________ heart ___________________________ coronary, cardiologist corpus, corpor _______________________ body ___________________________ corpse, corporeal dic, dict _____________________________ say ____________________________ dictate, dictator dors _______________________________ back ____________________________ dorsal homo ______________________________ man ____________________________ human, homo sapiens lingu _______________________________ language,tongue __________________ lingual, linguistics loqu, locu ___________________________ speak ___________________________ elocution, soliloquy luna _______________________________ moon ___________________________ lunar manu ______________________________ hand____________________________ manual omni ______________________________ all ______________________________ omniscient, omnipresent pes, ped ___________________________ foot _____________________________ pedal, pedestrian
sci _______________________________ know,knowledge ___________________ science, omniscient simul,simil,sembl ____________________ same,alike ________________________ similar, resemblance sider _____________________________ star ______________________________ sidereal solo, soli __________________________ sun ______________________________ solar spec _____________________________ look,view__________________________ spectator, speculation sono _____________________________ sound ____________________________ sonic stell, stella _________________________ star _____________________________ stellar, constellation ventr ____________________________ belly,abdomen _____________________ ventral verb ____________________________ word _____________________________ verbal, verb, verbatim vid, vis __________________________ see _______________________________ video, vision, vir ______________________________ man _____________________________ virile, virility voc _____________________________ call ______________________________ vocal, vocation
ROOT __________________________ MEANING ________________________ EXAMPLES anthropo ________________________ man ______________________________ anthropology, arch, arche _______________________ old, ancient ________________________ archeology arch, archy _______________________ rule, ruler _________________________ anarchy, oligarchy, astra, aster _______________________ star _______________________________ astronomy, astronaut auto ____________________________ self _______________________________ autocrat, automobile, biblio ___________________________ book ______________________________ bible, bibliography bios, bio, biot _____________________ life _______________________________ biosphere, biology chrom, chrome ___________________ color _____________________________ chromatic, chromosome chron __________________________ time ______________________________ chronology, chronological cine, kine _______________________ motion ____________________________ cinema, kinetic cosmo _________________________ world _____________________________ cosmic, cosmology crat, cracy ______________________ rule _______________________________ autocrat, democrat demo __________________________ people ____________________________ democrat, democracy, derm __________________________ skin ______________________________ dermal, dermatology dyn, dyno ______________________ power ____________________________ dynamic, dynamism ethno __________________________ nation, culture _____________________ ethnology, ethnic gam, gamy _____________________ marriage __________________________ bigamy, polygamy geo ___________________________ earth _____________________________ geology gram, graph, graphy ______________ write ____________________________ diagram, gramophone gyn, gynec _____________________ women___________________________ gynecology, misogyny helico _________________________ spiral_____________________________ helicopter helio __________________________ sun ______________________________ helium, heliocentric hydra, hydro ___________________ water _____________________________ hydrant, hydrophobia, iso ____________________________ equal, same ________________________ isotope lith, litho _______________________ stone _____________________________ lithograph logy __________________________ study _____________________________ geology, biology, macro _________________________ large _____________________________ macrocosm mania _________________________ madness __________________________ mania, manic, maniac megalo, mega ___________________ big, enlarged ______________________ megaphone, megalopolis, meso, med _____________________ middle ___________________________ mesograph, medium, meter, metr ____________________ measure __________________________ metric, meter micro _________________________ small ____________________________ microscope, microcosm miso __________________________ hate _____________________________ misanthropist, morph ________________________ form _____________________________ morphology, neo ___________________________ new _____________________________ neophyte, neoclassic pan, panto ______________________ all _____________________________ panorama, panacea path, pathy _____________________ feeling __________________________ pathetic, apathy ped ___________________________ child ____________________________ pedantic petr, petro _____________________ rock ____________________________ petroleum, petrify phil ___________________________ love ____________________________ philosophy phobe _________________________ fear ____________________________ phobia, homophobia phon __________________________ sound __________________________ phone, phonetic photo _________________________ light ____________________________ photography phys __________________________ nature __________________________ physical, physics pluto _________________________ wealth ___________________________ plutocrat, plutocracy pod __________________________ foot _____________________________ podiatry, podiatrist polis __________________________ city _____________________________ metropolis, politics psyche ________________________ soul, spirit, mind ___________________ psychology, psychiatry, scope _________________________ view ____________________________ scope, telescope soma _________________________ body ____________________________ somatic, chromosome stat ___________________________ stand ___________________________ static, stationary techn _________________________ skill, art __________________________ technology, technical tele ___________________________ distance _________________________ telephone, telegram theo __________________________ god _____________________________ theology, atheist therap _________________________ cure ____________________________ therapy, therapeutic therm _________________________ heat _____________________________ thermal, thermometer Latin _______________________________ 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Uni ___________________________ proto ____________________________ one bi, bin, bis ______________________ deutero __________________________ two tri ____________________________ tri _______________________________ three quadra, quatra __________________ tetra _____________________________ four quin, quinque ___________________ penta ____________________________ five
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